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Table XXXIV. — Physical tests of rope made from the bast of Cordia 
cuming iana, 
[Rope made at Disdis, Benguet Subprovince.] 
Mean diameter: 
Millimeters 
12.1 
Inches 
0.48 
Mean perimeter, or girth: 
Millimeters 
38 
Inches 
1.50 
True mean sectional area: 
Square millimeters 
86.8 
Square inches 
0.135 
Ultimate tensile strength (dry) : 
Mean in kilograms 
337 
Maximum in kilograms 
383 
Minimum in kilograms 
270 
Mean in pounds 
743 
Maximum in pounds 
845 
Minimum in pounds 
595 
Ultimate tensile strength (wet) : 
Mean in kilograms 
316 
Maximum in kilograms 
356 
Minimum in kilograms 
275 
Mean in pounds 
696 
Maximum in pounds 
785 
Minimum in pounds 
605 
Mean ultimate tensile strength per unit area (dry) 
Kilograms per square centimeter 
388 
Pounds per square inch 
5,500 
Mean ultimate tensile strength per unit area (wet) 
Kilograms per square centimeter 
364 
Pounds per square inch 
5,160 
Mean elongation at instant of rupture: 
Dry (per cent) 
16 
Wet (per cent) 
• 16 
Mean weight per unit length: 
Grams per meter 
75.6 
Pounds per foot 
0.0508 
Average breaking length : 
Meters 
4,450 
Feet 
14,600 
Moisture (per cent) 
12.61 
CORD[A MYXA Linn. Anonang. 
Local names: Anonang (Albay, Bataan, Batangas, Benguet, Camarines, 
Ilocos Sur, Laguna, Mindoro, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Rizal, Sorsogon, 
Tayabas) ; bibili (Visayan) ; guma (Balabac) ; saUyong (Tagalog) ; sina- 
ligan (Ilocos Sur). 
